Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-04
: PHARMACIES SERMON.
|. Theme: aBroken Pieces Of
r the Ship"
.a nm the Narrow Beam Of tho
when SO Many Arc Struggling In
gross An Else Go but Salvation.

xx,,,ar so Many Arc struggling IN
ros ..t All Else Go but Salvation.
~,v mart of DIR. Talmage's sermon Of
In the a near tho beginning In the calculation
ehs amount q 1 S1 uassaSs e. words sSen
~ OF VIZ ,rsre printed instead OF three several
i've ni,a change of reading makes It neces-
ie5, mn nassage Of the same paragraph to sub.
y,t ~ tie words -thirty-swo t"f ten as
n n.a Jan. 16.-For many years
bRRpeoklyn Tabernacle, the largest Prot
-. church in America, has been
p 'ls twice on the Sabbath-eyery
Fo ?ayle inch occupied. even the aisles,
a al. stairs and doorway, and mnltitudes
p1, ,,say unable TO get in, DR.. Taimage
ihs nsI announced to his congregation
cen e Tho present building could be sold
~ ). academy of music, another church,
au h"l5inc 10000 people, would be
ol TIis morning. after expounding
e Snr;nturcs, he gave out the hymn:
81 sinners, turul Why will 20 die9
cd your maker, asks you why.
rso subject of the sermon was Broken
ins 9 NJ The Ship" and the text, Acts
ee &c; A. a. Some on broken pieces of the
W. DR.. Talmage spoke as follows:
~ t.,or of Goodwin Sands, or the Skier.
Nv, W. Cane Hatteras, was ship in worse
;;oament than in tho Mediterranean
e a';osns was the grain ship, on which 276
ssenoen were driven on the coast of
la I've miles from the metropolis of
~, Gland, called Civita vecchia. After a
u rex tempest and the ship was Ell.
Nv disabled and captain and crew had
cm we completely fenoralized, an old
Ss;ouary took command of the vessel.
mas small, crooked backed and sore
M according to tradition. It was Paul,
nnly unscared man aboard. He was
more afraid of Eu1oclydon tossing
Mediterranean sea: nov - to the CATS
l,eay en and now sinking to the gates OF
thnh he Was afraid Of o kitten play
with a string. He ordered them all
,r @ 10 take their rations, first asking for
W. a blessing. Then he insured all
II lives, telling them they would be-
cued, and, SO far from losing their
ads. they would not lose so much Of
[ir hair as you could cut of with one
81 of the scissors aye, not thread Of
whether it we're gray with age or golden
youth. @There shall not hair fall
m The heado any Of you.
Knowing that they can never pet to the
sirad SPOT, they make the sea- on the
6rteenth night black with overthrow
100. so That when the snip strikes j. will
strike SO heavily. At daybreak they
creek, and in their exigency resolved
make for it. And so they cut the cables,
il in the two paddles that they had on
pse old boats and hoisted the mainsail,
that they might come with such force as
be driven high up on the beach by some
Etunate billow. There she goes, tum-
ny toward the rocks, now prov foremost.
Nv stern foremost; now rolling over to
rboard, now wave dashes clear over
deck, audit seems as il the old craft has
be forever. But up she comes again.
uls arm around mast, he cries: All
Well God has given me all those that
with me" Crash! went the PROV with
th force that it broke off the mast.
ash. went the timbcrs till the seas rush
through through from side to side of the
Fsel. She parted amidships. and into a
pusand fragments the vessel goes, and
% the waves 276 immortals are precipi-
ed. Some Of them had been brought
on the seashore and had learned to
IN, and with their chin Just above the
YES and by stroke of both arms and pro-
pslon OF both feet they put out for the
pea and reach it. But, alas, for those
Pels! They have never learned to swim.
they were wounded by the falling of the
st, or the nervous shock was too great
them. And others have been weakened
long sea-sickness.
Oh, what will become of them? "Take
piece of d rudder," says Paul to one,
axe that fragment of spar" says Paul
another. Take that table. Take that
age Of Castor and Pollux. Take tina,
INK from the lifeboat. Take anything
head Tor the beach," What q struggle
lie in the breakers! Oh, the mercilese
.es' how they sweep over the heads OF
=, women and children! Hold on there
lo ", ashore, keep up your courage! Re-
m 1o what Paul told you. There, the
eelne wave on the beach leaves in the
10 q whole family. There crawls up on,
Gae surf the centurion. There anothe,
IA "A, comes IN with o life clinging fast to
Ihere another Niece of the shattered
Tel W with its freightage of an immortal
H. ., they must by this time all be saved.
mere comes in last of all-for he had
- u, o,,efseeing the rest-the old mission
"no wings the water from his ora,
W. ~, ana cries out: THANK God. all are
Is'ner then around fire and call the
,,,,. raul builds fire, and when the
su me OF sticks begin to crackle. and
s san and sitting around the blaze, thu
HS,ensers begin to recover from thei,
w "na thelr wet clothes begin to dry
,ss Satlnth begins to come into all thu
se slug ~ passengers, let the purser of the
,tnl so round and see if any of the poo,
vi ,,I'. :, are missing. Not one of The
!, u la5. were plunged into the sea
ma ielieVes our anxiety as we read
eon oa broken pieces of the ship. anG
Ss"N0' 70 pass they all escaped safe t.
l a.hs on previous occasions looked a,
~ A w. passengers, confine myself TO-
bn h wv eSamln .tion of those who came
bet;u oAen pieces of the ship. There il
ntana aoout them that excites in mt
s,e5 !. interest. am not SO much in.
asha.a ~ NOSE that could swim. The,
b,ot '.e as expected. A mile of wateI
pp - very very great undertaking for q
no. swimmer. or even two mile,
aLont n . cannot stop think.
Shin IN nose On broken pieces Of
st yesvsi ne great gospel ship is the
e nass 'el OF the universe and can carry
Won n seaa than any craft constructed
w, eou q no more wreck it than YOU
all the me me throne Of God Almighty.
Ic .ne people would come aboard OF
orlent nd not promise a smooth voyage
bped I W. 1t will be tempestuous or 8
for 81 sga, but could promise safe ar.
os all Who took passoue on Tho crao,